Yes, the project was recorded in an older OS. I recently upgraded. However, the other clips recorded in the exact same session have retained the mouse pointer, so I'm trying to determine a reason why it would have disappeared in only certain clips.

Each program may interact with the OS GPU communication differently or performing a different function in the same program.

Were you screen recording the same program doing a similar function at different points? For example, entering text may not be the same as select a menu item.

You could try download a demo of ScreenFlow 7.2, copying the project so as not to affect the original, and opening the copy. I suspect though the issue may be part of an incident that happened during the recording.

You may want to test making a new recording with 7.2 and the same programs to see if the same thing happens.

CraigS Same program, same functions, all clips. Two out of four have lost the mouse throughout; the other two kept it throughout. No discernible reason. At this point I think it's highly unlikely that 7.2 will magically bring the pointer back into the recordings.

As there's apparently no likely explanation, I'll just have to re-record those two.

It would probably take weeks to replicate the issue because we don't know how it happened in the first place, let alone whether it happens on different versions of Screenflow. I've spent the time rerecording in 6.2.4 and it has worked properly, like it did for the other two clips in the exact same circumstances.